The BBFC has again rejected Rockstar's Manhunt 2 despite the developer making cuts to the game after it was initially banned last June.

The BBFC has again rejected Rockstar's Manhunt 2 despite the
developer making cuts to the game after it was initially
banned back in June.

The ESRB in the US has recently
granted the game an M rating, clearing it for release in
North America, but UK censors have decided that the content
is still unsuitable for sale in the region.

"We recognise that the distributor has made changes to the
game, but we do not consider that these go far enough to
address our concerns about the original version," offered
David Cooke, director of the BBFC.

"The impact of the revisions on the bleakness and callousness
of tone, or the essential nature of the gameplay, is clearly
insufficient.

"There has been a reduction in the visual detail in some of
the 'execution kills', but in others they retain their
original visceral and casually sadistic nature," he said.

The BBFC said that any attempt to appeal the decision was now
in the hands of Rockstar publisher Take 2.

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